â off List! Enkaustikos offers a variety of waxes useful for encaustic painters, as well as artists working in other media. Unlike wax mediums, these waxes do not contain Damar Resin. Carnauba Wax â Enkaustikos Carnauba Wax is a light, pale yellow wax from the leaves of a palm tree. Add this wax to encaustic paint to raise its melting point. Using Carnauba Wax will result in a harder, more durable paint film. Adding too much of this wax may result in cracking of the paint.
Spindle turning is turning wood with its grain parallel to the lathe beds, the wood is usually held. between centers. Cuts are made parallel to the bed or down hill, never uphill. âThe cutting edge of the skew chisel must be sharp. Everything else is a personal preference.â3 Skews. coming in various shapes.
The angle which the crown molding makes with the wall is termed the spring angle. The spring angle is typically 45 degrees for smaller mdf moldings and a lot of the solid wood moldings. With solid wood crown molding and larger mdf crown molding a spring angle of 38 degrees is often encountered.